The Gadsden County paleontological sites are assemblages of Early Miocene invertebrates and vertebrates occurring in Gadsden County, Florida, United States.

Contents

• Age
• Sites
• Genus and species identified
• Reptiles and amphibians
• Mammals
• Carnivores
• Herbivores
• References

Age

Era : Neogene
Period : Early Miocene
Faunal stage : Hemingfordian ~20.6—16.3 Mya, calculates to a period of approximately 4.3 million years
Geologic formation : Torreya Formation

Sites

Gadsden County paleontological sites are represented by the following:
La Camelia Site. Time period: 17.7 Mya. (AEO)
Midway Site. Time period: ~18.9—18.8 Mya.
Milwhite Gunn Farm Site. Time period: ~17.0 Mya. (AEO)
Quincy Site. Time period: ~17.0 Mya. (AEO)
Coordinates: 30°30′N84°30′W / 30.5°N 84.5°W / 30.5; -84.5

Genus and species identified

La Camelia site = LCS. Midway site. = MIS. Milwhite Gunn Farfm Site. Marks River site = MGFD. Quincy site = QUI.

Reptiles and amphibians

• Batrachosauroides B. dissimulans (amphibian) MGFD
• Colubrinae (snake) MGFD
• Natricinae (snake) MGFD
• Scincidae (skink) MGFD
• Cnemidophorus (racerunner lizard).MGFD.
• Heloderma (Gila monster type poisonous lizard) LCS
• Leiocephalus (lizard) MGFD

Mammals

References

• Bryant, J. D., Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 11(4). 1991
• Simpson, G. G., 1932. Bulletin of the Florida State Geological Survey 10.
• New Early Barstovian (Middle Miocene) Vertebrates from the Upper Torreya Formation, Eastern Florida Panhandle, J. Daniel Bryant, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Vol. 11, No. 4 (Dec. 31, 1991), pp. 472–489.
• Paleobiology Database : Gunn Farm Collection, John Alroy.
• Paleobiology Datatabase: Midway Collection, Alroy.
• Olson, Stanley J., Florida Geological Survey, Fossil Mammals of Florida, 1959 .